“Caregiving” – I feel like I am hearing this word everywhere. Everything surrounding this word is about the physical stress, the mental toll and the financial burden. My parents are doing fine, but the day is going to come (soon, I think) where I, too, am a caregiver. Is there anything I should be doing now to help prepare for the future?

First of all, breathe. It’s going to be okay. Yes, there are more caregivers than ever before, and yes, that number is growing at a rapid pace. You are reading more about it because we are trying to figure out how to take care of ourselves as the Baby Boomer population ages and lives longer.

Tina McIntosh, Joy's House

It's Up To You To Protect Your Breasts

Breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in American women and the second leading cancer cause of death. (Lung cancer is the number one cancer killer of women.) U.S. women have a one in eight lifetime risk of being diagnosed with breast cancer. The good news is that most breast cancer can be detected early with proper screening. The five year survival rate for localized breast cancer (cancer that has not spread) is 98 percent.